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1* The subject of the seasonal sacrifices is resumed. “ A piece of wood was fixed across the horns of the victimbulls, to prevent their injuring them by pushing or rubbing against any hard substance. An animal injured in any way was not fit to be used in sacrifice. 5 In sacrificing to the duke of X4u, a white bull was used by way of distinction. His great services to the dynasty had obtained for him the privilege of being sacrificed to with royal ceremonies. A white: bull, such as had been offered to the kings of Shang, was therefore devoted to him; while for Po-éhin, and the other marquises (or dukes as spoken of by their own subjects), a victim of the orthodox Xu colour was employed. * This goblet, fashioned in the shape of a bull, or with a bull pictured on it, must have been well known in connexion with these services. 7 ¢The large stand’ was of a size to support half the roasted body of a victim. 344 THE SHIH KING. ODE 4. will be blessed. (Your ancestors) will make you gloriously prosperous, They will make you longlived and good, To preserve this eastern region, Long possessing the state of LQ, Unwaning, unfallen, Unshaken, undisturbed! They will make your friendship with your three aged (ministers) ! Like the hills, like the mountains. 5. Our prince’s chariots are a thousand, And (in each) are (the two spears with their) vermilion tassels, and (the two bows with their) green bands. His footmen are thirty thousand, With shells on vermilion strings adorning their helmets% So numerous are his ardent followers, To deal with the tribes of the west and north, And to punish those of King and Sh’, So that none of them will dare to withstand us. (The spirits of your ancestors) shall make you grandly prosperous; They 1 Referring, probably, to the three principal ministers of the state. 2 These lines describe Hsi’s resources for war. A thousand chariots was the regular force which a great state could at the utmost bring into the field. Each chariot contained three mailed men ;—the charioteer in the middle, a spearman on the right, and an archer on the left. Two spears rose aloft with vermilion tassels, and there were two bows, bound with green bands to frames in their cases. Attached to every chariot were seventy-two foot-soldiers and twenty-five followers, making with the three men in it, 100 in all; so that the whole force would amount to 100,000 men. But in actual service the force of a great state was restricted to three ‘armies’ or 375 chariots, attended by 37,500 men, of whom 27,500 were foot-soldiers, put down here in round numbers as 30,000. ’ King is the King-20 of the last of the Sacrificial Odes of Shang, and the name Shfi was applied to several half-civilized states to the east of it, which it brought, during the KAun KAif period, one after another under its jurisdiction. ODE 4. THE PRAISE ODES OF Lt. 345
2’ King is the King-20 of the last of the Sacrificial Odes of Shang, and the name Shfi was applied to several half-civilized states to the east of it, which it brought, during the KAun KAif period, one after another under its jurisdiction. ODE 4. THE PRAISE ODES OF Lt. 345 shall make you long-lived and wealthy. The hoary hair and wrinkled back, Marking the aged men, shall always be in your service. They shall grant you old age, ever vigorous, For myriads and thousands of years, With the eyebrows of longevity, and ever unharmed. 6. The mountain of Thai is lofty, Looked up to by the state of La'. We grandly possess also Kwei and Mang?; And we shall extend to the limits of the east, Even the states along the sea. The tribes of the Hwéi will seek our alliance; All will proffer their allegiance:—Such shall be the achievements of the marquis of La. 7. He shall maintain the possession of Hd and Yi*, And extend his sway to the regions of Hsiit, Even to the states along the sea. The tribes of the Hwd4i, the Man, and the Mo’, And those tribes (still more) to the south, All will proffer their allegiance ;—Not one will dare not to answer to his call, Thus showing their obedience to the marquis of Ld. 8. Heaven will give great blessing to our prince, So that with the eyebrows of longevity he shall 1 Mount Th4i is well known, the eastern of the four great mountains of China in the time of Shun. It is in the department of Thai-an, Shan-tung. * These were two smaller hills in La. ® These were two hills of LQ, in the present district of Bau. “ Hsti was the name of one of Yii’s nine provinces, embracing portions of the present Shan-tung, Kiang-sf, and An-hui. 5 Mo was properly the name of certain wild tribes in the north, as Man was that of the tribes of the south. But we cannot suppose any tribes to be meant here but such as lay south of La. 346 THE SHIH KING. — ODE 4. maintain LO. He shall possess Kang and Hsii', And recover all the territory of the duke of K4u. Then shall the marquis of Lf feast and be glad, With his admirable wife and aged mother; With his excellent ministers and all his (other) officers®. Our region and state shall he hold, Thus receiving many blessings, To heary hair, and with teeth ever renewed like a child’s. 9. The pines of 30-l4i*, And the cypresses of Hsin-f 3, Were cut down and measured, With the cubit line and the eight cubits’ line. The projecting beams of pine were made very large; The grand inner apartments rose.vast. Splendid look the new temples, The work of Hst-sze, Very wide and large, Answering to the expectations of all the people.
3The projecting beams of pine were made very large; The grand inner apartments rose.vast. Splendid look the new temples, The work of Hst-sze, Very wide and large, Answering to the expectations of all the people. 1 Kang was a city with some adjacent territory, in the present district of Thing, that had been taken from Li by XAt. Hsii, called in the Spring and Autumn ‘the fields of Hsi,’ was west from LQ, and had been granted to it as a convenient place for its princes to stop at on their way to the royal court; but it had been sold or parted with to Kang in the first year of duke Hwan (B.c. 711). The poet desires that Hsf should recover these and all other territory which had at any time belonged to Lt. 3 He would feast with the ladies in the inner apartment of the palace, suitable for such a purpose; with his ministers in the outer banqueting-room. _ ® These were two hills, in the present department of Thai-an. THE MINOR ODES OF THE KINGDOM. PIECES AND STANZAS ILLUSTRATING THE RELIGIOUS Views AND PRACTICES OF THE WRITERS AND THEIR TIMES, The First Decade, or that of Ld-ming. Ope 5, Stanza 1. Tue FA mo. THE FA mO Is A FESTAL ODE, WHICH WAS SUNG AT THE ENTERTAIN- MENT OF FRIENDS ;—-INTENDED TO CELEBRATE THE DUTY AND VALUE OF FRIENDSHIP, EVEN T@ THE HIGHEST. On the trees go the blows 44ng-#ang; And the birds ery out ying-ying. One issues from the dark valley, And removes to the lofty tree. Ying goes its cry, Seeking with its voice its companion. Look at the bird, Bird as it is, seeking with its voice its companion; And shall aman Not seek to have his friends? Spiritual beings will then hearken to him'; He shall have harmony and peace. Ope 6. THe THIEN PAo. 4 FESTAL ODE, RESPONSIVE TO ANY OF THE FIVE THAT PRECEDE IT. THE KING'S OFFICERS AND GUESTS, HAVING BEEN FEASTED BY MIM, CELEBRATE HIS PRAISES, AND DESIRE FOR HIM THE BLESSING OF HEAVEN AND HIS ANCESTORS. Ascribed, like the former, to the duke of X4u. Heaven protects and establishes thee, With the greatest security; Makes thee entirely virtuous. 1 This line and the following show the power and value of the cultivation of friendship in affecting spiritual beings. That designation is understood in the widest sense. 348 THE SHIH KING. DECADE I. That thou mayest enjoy every happiness; Grants thee much increase, So that thou hast all in abundance. Heaven protects and establishes thee. It grants thee all excellence, So that thine every matter is right, And thou receivest every Heavenly favour. It sends down to thee long-during happiness, Which the days are not sufficient to enjoy. Heaven protects and establishes thee, So that in everything thou dost prosper. Like the high hills and the mountain masses, Like the topmost ridges and the greatest bulks, Like the stream ever coming on, Such is thine increase. .
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1* The subject of the seasonal sacrifices is resumed. “ A piece of wood was fixed across the horns of the victimbulls, to prevent their injuring them by pushing or rubbing against any hard substance. An animal injured in any way was not fit to be used in sacrifice. 5 In sacrificing to the duke of X4u, a white bull was used by way of distinction. His great services to the dynasty had obtained for him the privilege of being sacrificed to with royal ceremonies. A white: bull, such as had been offered to the kings of Shang, was therefore devoted to him; while for Po-éhin, and the other marquises (or dukes as spoken of by their own subjects), a victim of the orthodox Xu colour was employed. * This goblet, fashioned in the shape of a bull, or with a bull pictured on it, must have been well known in connexion with these services. 7 ¢The large stand’ was of a size to support half the roasted body of a victim. 344 THE SHIH KING. ODE 4. will be blessed. (Your ancestors) will make you gloriously prosperous, They will make you longlived and good, To preserve this eastern region, Long possessing the state of LQ, Unwaning, unfallen, Unshaken, undisturbed! They will make your friendship with your three aged (ministers) ! Like the hills, like the mountains. 5. Our prince’s chariots are a thousand, And (in each) are (the two spears with their) vermilion tassels, and (the two bows with their) green bands. His footmen are thirty thousand, With shells on vermilion strings adorning their helmets% So numerous are his ardent followers, To deal with the tribes of the west and north, And to punish those of King and Sh’, So that none of them will dare to withstand us. (The spirits of your ancestors) shall make you grandly prosperous; They 1 Referring, probably, to the three principal ministers of the state. 2 These lines describe Hsi’s resources for war. A thousand chariots was the regular force which a great state could at the utmost bring into the field. Each chariot contained three mailed men ;—the charioteer in the middle, a spearman on the right, and an archer on the left. Two spears rose aloft with vermilion tassels, and there were two bows, bound with green bands to frames in their cases. Attached to every chariot were seventy-two foot-soldiers and twenty-five followers, making with the three men in it, 100 in all; so that the whole force would amount to 100,000 men. But in actual service the force of a great state was restricted to three ‘armies’ or 375 chariots, attended by 37,500 men, of whom 27,500 were foot-soldiers, put down here in round numbers as 30,000. ’ King is the King-20 of the last of the Sacrificial Odes of Shang, and the name Shfi was applied to several half-civilized states to the east of it, which it brought, during the KAun KAif period, one after another under its jurisdiction. ODE 4. THE PRAISE ODES OF Lt. 345
2’ King is the King-20 of the last of the Sacrificial Odes of Shang, and the name Shfi was applied to several half-civilized states to the east of it, which it brought, during the KAun KAif period, one after another under its jurisdiction. ODE 4. THE PRAISE ODES OF Lt. 345 shall make you long-lived and wealthy. The hoary hair and wrinkled back, Marking the aged men, shall always be in your service. They shall grant you old age, ever vigorous, For myriads and thousands of years, With the eyebrows of longevity, and ever unharmed. 6. The mountain of Thai is lofty, Looked up to by the state of La'. We grandly possess also Kwei and Mang?; And we shall extend to the limits of the east, Even the states along the sea. The tribes of the Hwéi will seek our alliance; All will proffer their allegiance:—Such shall be the achievements of the marquis of La. 7. He shall maintain the possession of Hd and Yi*, And extend his sway to the regions of Hsiit, Even to the states along the sea. The tribes of the Hwd4i, the Man, and the Mo’, And those tribes (still more) to the south, All will proffer their allegiance ;—Not one will dare not to answer to his call, Thus showing their obedience to the marquis of Ld. 8. Heaven will give great blessing to our prince, So that with the eyebrows of longevity he shall 1 Mount Th4i is well known, the eastern of the four great mountains of China in the time of Shun. It is in the department of Thai-an, Shan-tung. * These were two smaller hills in La. ® These were two hills of LQ, in the present district of Bau. “ Hsti was the name of one of Yii’s nine provinces, embracing portions of the present Shan-tung, Kiang-sf, and An-hui. 5 Mo was properly the name of certain wild tribes in the north, as Man was that of the tribes of the south. But we cannot suppose any tribes to be meant here but such as lay south of La. 346 THE SHIH KING. — ODE 4. maintain LO. He shall possess Kang and Hsii', And recover all the territory of the duke of K4u. Then shall the marquis of Lf feast and be glad, With his admirable wife and aged mother; With his excellent ministers and all his (other) officers®. Our region and state shall he hold, Thus receiving many blessings, To heary hair, and with teeth ever renewed like a child’s. 9. The pines of 30-l4i*, And the cypresses of Hsin-f 3, Were cut down and measured, With the cubit line and the eight cubits’ line. The projecting beams of pine were made very large; The grand inner apartments rose.vast. Splendid look the new temples, The work of Hst-sze, Very wide and large, Answering to the expectations of all the people.
3The projecting beams of pine were made very large; The grand inner apartments rose.vast. Splendid look the new temples, The work of Hst-sze, Very wide and large, Answering to the expectations of all the people. 1 Kang was a city with some adjacent territory, in the present district of Thing, that had been taken from Li by XAt. Hsii, called in the Spring and Autumn ‘the fields of Hsi,’ was west from LQ, and had been granted to it as a convenient place for its princes to stop at on their way to the royal court; but it had been sold or parted with to Kang in the first year of duke Hwan (B.c. 711). The poet desires that Hsf should recover these and all other territory which had at any time belonged to Lt. 3 He would feast with the ladies in the inner apartment of the palace, suitable for such a purpose; with his ministers in the outer banqueting-room. _ ® These were two hills, in the present department of Thai-an. THE MINOR ODES OF THE KINGDOM. PIECES AND STANZAS ILLUSTRATING THE RELIGIOUS Views AND PRACTICES OF THE WRITERS AND THEIR TIMES, The First Decade, or that of Ld-ming. Ope 5, Stanza 1. Tue FA mo. THE FA mO Is A FESTAL ODE, WHICH WAS SUNG AT THE ENTERTAIN- MENT OF FRIENDS ;—-INTENDED TO CELEBRATE THE DUTY AND VALUE OF FRIENDSHIP, EVEN T@ THE HIGHEST. On the trees go the blows 44ng-#ang; And the birds ery out ying-ying. One issues from the dark valley, And removes to the lofty tree. Ying goes its cry, Seeking with its voice its companion. Look at the bird, Bird as it is, seeking with its voice its companion; And shall aman Not seek to have his friends? Spiritual beings will then hearken to him'; He shall have harmony and peace. Ope 6. THe THIEN PAo. 4 FESTAL ODE, RESPONSIVE TO ANY OF THE FIVE THAT PRECEDE IT. THE KING'S OFFICERS AND GUESTS, HAVING BEEN FEASTED BY MIM, CELEBRATE HIS PRAISES, AND DESIRE FOR HIM THE BLESSING OF HEAVEN AND HIS ANCESTORS. Ascribed, like the former, to the duke of X4u. Heaven protects and establishes thee, With the greatest security; Makes thee entirely virtuous. 1 This line and the following show the power and value of the cultivation of friendship in affecting spiritual beings. That designation is understood in the widest sense. 348 THE SHIH KING. DECADE I. That thou mayest enjoy every happiness; Grants thee much increase, So that thou hast all in abundance. Heaven protects and establishes thee. It grants thee all excellence, So that thine every matter is right, And thou receivest every Heavenly favour. It sends down to thee long-during happiness, Which the days are not sufficient to enjoy. Heaven protects and establishes thee, So that in everything thou dost prosper. Like the high hills and the mountain masses, Like the topmost ridges and the greatest bulks, Like the stream ever coming on, Such is thine increase. .
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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